China
Surprise, China blocks blog coverage of milk scandal
photo by fear_a_gnome According to PBS, China journalists notified authorities weeks before the news came out. This directive was issued during the Olympics. China’s Propaganda Department — a censorship office that answers directly to the Communist Party’s Politburo — circulated a 21-point directive to the Chinese media on the eve of the Beijing Olympics declaring [...]
Rubber recycling gone wrong, China used condoms for hairbands
, BEIJING – Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, ironically threatening to spread the very STDs they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported on Tuesday. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan [...]